One Omaha man has a stack of receipts and a list of names to show where more than $5,000 of his money has gone.

One Omaha man has a stack of receipts and a list of names to show where more than $5,000 of his money has gone.

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Updated: 8:55 PM CDT Jun 14, 2016

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WEBVTT THE MAN TRYING TO MAKE SURE YOU DON'T GET DUPED, LIKE HE DI NICOLE: JEREMY, THE FOREIGN LOTTERY SCAM IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON ONES OUT THERE. YOU GET A PHONE CALL OR A LETTER, SAYING YOU'VE WON MILLIONS. MAYBE, A NEW CAR. ALL IT TAKES IS A SMALL FEE, TO GET IT TO YOUR DOOR. ONE OMAHA MAN SAYS IT HAPPENED TO HIM. AND HE WANTS TO MAKE SURE IT DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELS ALLAN: WIRE TRANSFERS, COMING AND GOING, THROUGH WESTERN UNION AND MONEYGRAM. NICOLE: ALLAN CLARK JUST HAS THIS STACK OF RECEIPTS, AND THIS LIST OF NAMES, TO SHOW WHE MORE THAN $5000 OF HIS MONEY HAS GONE. ALLAN: NORA BLUE, $200. EARNEST THOMAS, $80. EARNEST THOMAS, $170 EARNEST THOMAS, $498. NICOLE: CLARK SAYS ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, HE GOT A PHONE CALL, PROMISING HIM MILLIONS AND A BRAND NEW CAR. ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS SEND A FE ALLAN: THEN AFTER THAT, THERE WAS THIS FEE AND THAT FEE. AND OVER THE COURSE OF ABOUT TWO MONTHS, I'VE SENT ABOUT 50 TRANSFERS TO JAMAICA. NICOLE: THE CALLERS ENCOURAGED HIM TO TAKE OUT PAYDAY LOANS. EVEN PAWN HIS BELONGINGS. AND EV ENUTALLY, STARTED SENDING HIM MONEY TO FORWARD ON TO JAMAIC IT'S CALLED THE FOREIGN LOTTERY SCAM. ALLAN: I FEEL LIKE I'M THE MOST GULLIBLE PERSON IN THE WORLD, HAVE LET THIS GO ON THIS LONG. NICOLE: THIS TYPE OF SCAM IS INCREDIBLY COMMON IN JAMAICA. SO COMMON, THAT THE U.S. EMBASSY IN KINGSTON HAS AN ENTIRE WEBPAGE DEDICATED TO I JIM: THEY USE STOLEN CELL PHONES. THEY USE PREPAID PHONES. MANY TIMES, THEY OPERATE THEIR SCHEME FROM A COFFEE SHOP IN A REMOTE PLACE. NICOLE: JIM HEGARTY FROM THE BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU SAYS THESE SCAMMERS TEND TO PREY ON THE ELDERLY AND VULNERABLE AND OFTEN, ORIGINATE THROUGH THE MAIL. HE SAYS ONCE THE CALLS START, THERE'S ONLY ONE WAY TO GET THEM TO STO JIM: I THINK GET THEIR PHONE NUMBER CHANGED IMMEDIATELY, BECAUSE THE CROOKS ARE RELENTLESS. NICOLE: HEGARTY SAYS THE CHANC OF GETTING MONEY BACK FROM SOMETHING LIKE THIS ARE NEXT TO ZERO. HE'S SEEN FAMILIES LOSE AS MUCH AS $150,000. AND TOMORROW IS WORLD ELDER ABUSE AWARENESS DAY. EXPERTS SAY FINANCIAL ABUSE IS ONE OF THE MOST COMMON FORMS OF

'Jamaican scam' still luring victims

One Omaha man has a stack of receipts and a list of names to show where more than $5,000 of his money has gone.